Rodney Walker
Student at Morehouse College
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Full-Time Student |
| Website: | http://foreverlife2008.com |
| Industries: | Entertainment, Media |
| Location: | Morehouse College |
| Groups: | Morehouse College Innovative Business Plan Competition |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Tags: | forever life, happiness, love, memories, special moments, video |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Youth Advisory Council |
| Position: | Volunteer |
| Time period: | December 2005 - Present |
| Description: | • Participated in large group community service activities
• Served as a sector leader for one of the groups • Worked with representative of the 5th district, Kenneth Dunkin, to come up with ideas to better the community |
| Employer: | ACE Tech Student Leadership Team |
| Position: | Volunteer |
| Time period: | December 2005 - Present |
| Description: | • An organization focusing on community building, school improvement, peer involvement, and self-production.
• Sets goals and plans to make teaching and learning easier for both teachers and students. |
| Employer: | ACE Mentor Program |
| Position: | Student |
| Time period: | December 2005 - Present |
| Description: | -Responsibilities included: attending weekly meetings, class participation and discussions, producing design ideas, attending day long visit to UIUC, and contributing/presenting at final presentation. |
| Employer: | Urban Gateways Art Program |
| Position: | Student Intern |
| Description: | • Urban Gateways Art Program- Served as a student intern and created various forms of art for display around the city. |
| Employer: | Chicago Summer Business Institute |
| Position: | Student Intern |
| Description: | • Chicago Summer Business Institute- Served as a student intern where I had the opportunity to work in an architecture firm to study the career of architectural interior design. |
| Employer: | Aramark Career Training Internship |
| Position: | Student Intern |
| Description: | • Aramark Career Training Internship- Served as a student intern and as an employee, where I would learn and experience work responsibility, and employment training. |
| Employer: | CPS Board of Education |
| Position: | Student Intern |
| Description: | • CPS Board of Education- Served as a student intern, where I participated in public affairs and contacted organizations to support special programs. |
| Employer: | Other Volunteer Programs |
| Position: | Volunteer |
| Description: | • Men’s Rights of Passage Fraternal Program- A fraternal organization focused toward minority individuals, which emphasizes self-discovery, community service, team building, and etiquette.
• Junior Achievement Organization- Responsibilities included venturing out to elementary schools to mentor public school students • Real Men Read Program- Responsibilities included reading to elementary school students in school around Chicago. |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | • Extra-curricular activities- Basketball, Chess, Track, Softball, Tennis |
| Clubs: | • Clubs and organizations- Leadership team, Junior Achievement program, NSBE, ACE Fundraising Committee, Apostolic church mentor program, Men’s Rights of Passage Fraternal Program , The Village Foundation of Illinois, NFTE |
| Memberships: | • Member of the National Honors Society (NHS)
• Senior Class President of ACE Tech |
| Awards: | National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) - 2007-2008 school year- NFTE Alumni
• Participated in Spring Break BizCamp, where competed in a business plan competition: received 3rd place. • Competed in NFTE Citywide business plan competition: Won 1st Place Illinois Institute of Entrepreneurial Education (IIEE) • Competed in Business Plan Competition: Received 2nd Place. Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center- 2007-2008 school year • 2008 CEC Citywide Business Plan Competition- 1st Place Winner. |
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Markus Allen
Currently pursuing Audio Arts & Acoustics/ Arts Entertainment and Media Management degree at Columbia College Chicago and working at Macyâs, at National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) and at Mass Connections.
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Chardon Nicholas
Introduction: My Team and I, providing multimedia design service and high quality productions. Production of animations, video games and comic books.
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Suzanne Taylor
Director of Events and Alumni Services for NFTE (National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship)